Abstract: In China, ideological and political education, as a social practice, includes both political education and morality education. For a relatively long time, it has been concluded within the general subject of ideological and political education. With the development of politics in our country, it has been playing a more and more important role. However, the problem brought by mixing the political and morality education has also become more and more serious due to the essential difference between them. As a result, the establishment of an independent subject of political education will be undoubtedly necessary in theory and practice.

Key words: subject of political education, study object